davy26 Posted June 15, 2018 Report Share Posted June 15, 2018 Just wondering if someone here might be able to help me please. I have just bought an ex-Japan Gti, registered in 2006 and now 60,000 miles, and I'm not sure what to do about the cambelt - (I'm well aware of all the various arguments and opinions on this topic, especially as I was doing work for Volkswagen Group, 2003-09). My car has got quite a lot of service history documentation, but, naturally, it's all in Japanese. In particular I've 4 service invoices and I'm hoping there might be a member here who speaks Japanese and who might kindly have a look at them and tell me if there's any mention of a cambelt change having been carried out? Any direct help or suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks. David. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy26 Posted June 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 Having had no responses on this - it was a long shot - I have been delving into things with the help of Google and suchlike. As a result I have been able to identify the cambelt field on the standard Volkswagen service sheets used in Japan. So, just in case anyone else has the same query on a car into UK from Japan, I'm attaching a scan of the area of the sheet in which to look for an entry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 Shouldn’t the chassis number have worldwide service info on it? So you can go into any dealer with the vin and see what comes up? I know you could with bmw. And merc do it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupogtiboy Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 VW UK won't have any info on an imported car, the service history isn't a worldwide thing. VW don't even recognise or keep info on cars registered before 2001 on the service history database anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 On 6/15/2018 at 4:29 PM, davy26 said: Just wondering if someone here might be able to help me please. I have just bought an ex-Japan Gti, registered in 2006 and now 60,000 miles, and I'm not sure what to do about the cambelt - (I'm well aware of all the various arguments and opinions on this topic, especially as I was doing work for Volkswagen Group, 2003-09). My car has got quite a lot of service history documentation, but, naturally, it's all in Japanese. In particular I've 4 service invoices and I'm hoping there might be a member here who speaks Japanese and who might kindly have a look at them and tell me if there's any mention of a cambelt change having been carried out? Any direct help or suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks. David. Change it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 1 hour ago, lupogtiboy said: VW UK won't have any info on an imported car, the service history isn't a worldwide thing. VW don't even recognise or keep info on cars registered before 2001 on the service history database anymore! That’s flippin ridiculous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy26 Posted June 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 19 minutes ago, Skezza said: Change it. Thanks, and yes, I came to that view and booked it in yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skezza Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 45 minutes ago, davy26 said: Thanks, and yes, I came to that view and booked it in yesterday. No other option. Playing cambelt roulette is fine on a ratty old 1.0 or SDI or an old banger, but not on a GTI. Anyway, GTI's are going up in value right now. It'll pay for itself Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 if in doubt, change it out. clean the sills behind the arch liner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Loop Posted June 19, 2018 Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 Don't forget to do the waterpump while the cambelt is being done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davy26 Posted June 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2018 31 minutes ago, Blue Loop said: Don't forget to do the waterpump while the cambelt is being done. Yes, already specified, but thank you kindly for the reminder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oVerboost Posted June 20, 2018 Report Share Posted June 20, 2018 The other option is to contact the supplying dealer in the UK who imported the car, more often than not they do a cambelt and water pump before sale (to cover them more than anything), they should have a record of this. I know my Japanese Import GTi had a cambelt and water pump kit fitted before it was sold, and that particular dealer does it on all of their imported cars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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